Affected Civilizations
Gameplay
General
- Fixed an issue where Scouts can skip their reload animations.
AI Updates
- Unique AI names have been shortened to use less screen space.
AI Updates (Nomad Mode)
- Fixed a problem in Nomad mode where building your Town Center close to an AI’s Town Center could cause the AI to stop playing. Now, the AI will still start building again in a different location.
Remappable Hotkeys
- It’s now possible to bind the keys Ctrl+NumLock, Ctrl+Pause and Ctrl+ScrollLock.
Balance & Bugfixes
General Changes & Bugfixes
- Fixed a bug that required using parameters on Steam for older PCs to avoid a crash during launch.
- Fixed an issue where Springalds received extra damage from Horseman and Mangonels.
- Fixed an issue where the HRE Prelate UI counter wasn’t displayed.
- Fixed a Sync Error that would occur when using the “It Was Known” cheat in a multiplayer match.
Civilization-Specific Changes
All Civilizations
- Arrow ships Food cost reduced from 90 to 80.
- Springald:
- ship Food cost reduced from 120 to 110.
- Culture Wing:
- – Medical Centers now applies a healing aura to Town Centers as well as Keeps.
(Variant Civilization: Abbasid Dynasty)
- Corrected an issue where Tower of the Sultan would lose Blacksmith upgrades after researching Incendiary Arrows.
- Increased the Mercenary Contract research time from 0 to 10 seconds to allow for adjustment in case of a mis-click.
- Dromon:
- Food cost reduced from 110 to 100.
- Campfire has been removed from the Man-at-Arms and can now be found on the Scout.
- Campfire now shines brighter with an increase in sight from 3 to 5 tiles.
- Campfire now has team color on the minimap.
- Abbey of Kings:
- Landmark now automatically queues a free King upon completion of the Landmark.
- Berkshire Palace:
- Landmark weapon range bonus reduced from 15 tiles to 14.5 tiles.
- Wynguard Palace Landmark
- Wynguard Footman cost changed from 200 Food, 500 Gold to 300 Food, 400 Gold.
- Ranger and Footman train time reduced from 50 to 45 seconds.
- War Cog:
- Food cost reduced from 85 to 75.
(Variant Civilization: French)
- Smithy’s Grace, the French Civilization bonus that provides free Blacksmith Upgrades, is no longer granted to Jeanne d’Arc.
(Variant Civilization: Holy Roman Empire)
- Battering Ram:
- build time reduced from 70 seconds to 45 seconds.
- Siege Tower:
- build time reduced from 30 to 19.5 seconds.
- Grand Galley:
- Food cost reduced from 150 to 135.
- Kremlin:
- ’s default arrow and garrison arrow weapon range reduced from 8 to 7 tiles.
Ongoing…
Investigation
Known Issue
We’ve seen reports of players attempting to queue for Free-For-All (FFA) in a party receiving a server error message. Party play is currently not supported while queueing for a FFA match and the option to select the FFA match type should be disabled while in a party. Currently, the option is not disabled properly, and the server error is preventing teams from entering the FFA queue. This is intended, and we plan to make a future fix to disable the FFA option in these circumstances.
Community-Reported Issues:
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What's on the Horizon
Coming Up…
We’re working on our next update and look forward to sharing more soon.









